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There is a celebration in the air. The Supreme Court of India has just finished its hearing on whether Section 377, an archaic Victorian-era law which criminalises sexual activities “against the order of nature”, should be done away with once and for all. The queer community in India achieved a victory after decades of activism …

"The worst thing in Indian society is that people are forced into loveless marriages, which ruins not just one life but also the lives of spouse and children because they live their entire life with those they are not attracted to," the 47-year-old maintained.

Growing up in the cultural juxtaposition of British Asian communities in London, little did I know that the colonial “Raj-era hangover” law which criminalises homosexuality in India could alter my chances of future happiness. Since last week, the rights of LGBTI citizens and question of whether Section 377 is unconstitutional is now being revisited by …

The Supreme Court on 10 July started hearing a bunch of petitions challenging Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Having rejected the Centre’s plea seeking postponement of the proceedings, the court will re-consider and examine the constitutional validity of Section 377, which criminalises any sexual activity that is "against the law of nature".

It is a trifle disturbing that within days of its progressive assertion that law must keep pace with the times (when dealing with Section 377 IPC criminalising homosexuality) the apex court should have its energies consumed by the curious argument whether death by hanging is less barbaric than execution by lethal injection. That too after …

Transgender-related issues have come to occupy centre stage and are acknowledged within our social and cultural framework, though social policies have failed to capture the specifics of their needs, experience and ground realities. Over the last decade, a divergent range of transgender identities have been articulated though transsexual narratives. The word ‘transgender’ is an umbrella …